![]() ![]() Whether it is a home invasion film, an erotic thriller, a psychological thriller or a conventional detective story, it can be done tastefully and without losing its main appeal – to thrill. And I am glad this is the case, because this has pushed many talented art house directors into the thriller genre. Apparently, aspiring to become a Hitchockian master of suspense is a goal worth striving for. A solid conventional thriller, however cliché or unsurprising, never has to face as much contempt from critics as a run of the mill action film. Especially with psychological thriller films. We managed to put together a list of thrillers that will get you at the edge of your seat.įilmmakers in the field of suspense never had to worry as much about their reputation as their action flick counterparts. Like horror, it is hard to avoid cliches when it comes to writing and directing thriller movies. Unfortunately, too often, thrillers aren’t really that ‘thrilling’. Related: Best new Found Footage movies in 2023 & 2022 (Netflix, Prime, Hulu & Cinema List) Red Sparrow DIRECTOR: Francis Lawrence CAST: Jennifer LawrenceĪ sexy Russian spy falls for a CIA officer and considers becoming a double agent. Enemy is also great, but I wouldn’t mind Villeneuve sticking to excellent genre films like Prisoners. His next feature, Enemy, a doppelgänger film also starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is way less straightforward, and almost feels like Villeneuve proving he is not just doing genre films now. In other words, Villeneuve has managed to create real flesh and blood characters who, when inserted into extreme situations, act ambiguously, and consequently make you as a viewer question and investigate everything. Next to having a great plot with clever unexpected twists and turns, Prisoners gets you emotionally invested in the characters – the ones you are expected to be rooting for, but also the ones you might not expect yourself to care for. More than that, Denis Villeneuve shows how making a thriller should be done. Prisoners is topping this round-up because it stays within genre conventions (over-all at least) without ever becoming cliche or predictable. Prisoners DIRECTOR: Denis Villeneuve CAST: Hugh Jackman Gone girl was based on the book by Gillian Flynn. One of the few big budget productions that actually took me by surprise story-wise. Gone Girl is the opposite – it is constantly tickling the viewer’s curiosity and hunger for sensation, and gives the thriller enthusiast more than he/she could wish for. Fincher is a talented writer/director, but he sometimes has the tendency to go so far in terms of making a plot waterproof, that it actually becomes dry and rather boring (A good example is the way too long and tedious Zodiac). Sure the story takes on high unlikely turns of events, but boy is it juicy stuff. Marketeers must have known that with David Fincher as the intelligent director and Ben Affleck in a potentially dark role as the suspected husband, they had gold in their hands. The film is centered around a mediahype, but Gone Girl received more than enough attention itself. Gone Girl DIRECTOR: David Fincher CAST: Ben Affleck The charismatic leader, played by a terrifying Patrick Stewart, is ice-cold and relentless, and immediately starts scheming to get rid of the band. Not just any murder, a murder committed by a crazy neo-nazi at a nazi hangout. ![]() Anton Yelchin (who recently died in a tragic car accident) and his band get locked up in a room after they have witnessed a murder. Green Room is more claustrophobic, and plays with anxiety over not knowing what happens to the protagonists. In Blue Ruin the thrill mainly came from having no clue what the protagonist was going to do next. Green Room is perhaps slightly less arty, and in that sense less visually spectacular, but in terms of suspense it's stronger. Green Room DIRECTOR: Jeremy Saulnier CAST: Anton YelchinĪfter 2014's above mentioned Blue Ruin, we did not expect to Saulnier to pull it off again and earn himself his second place on the list. ![]()
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